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Challenges include creating an enabling environment, national and sectoral planning, multiyear assessment of fiscal risks, and gaps in project preparation.

Public spaces help revitalize a city’s environment, culture, tourism, and economy.

Water tariff reforms coupled with personnel training, social contracts, and technology updates can make water utilities more efficient.

Governments must rethink and refine tax policy and administration measures to not only address development challenges but also to build back better.

In Mongolia, project procurement-related reviews helped safeguard a health project from corruption, fraud, and other integrity risks.

Sri Lanka’s Aswesuma program can better support the vulnerable by refining targeting, improving data, and aligning aid with poverty reduction.

Building roads for socioeconomic development depends on an efficient O&M system that considers the difficult topology and fiscal issues.

Creating project readiness checklists and certification programs on procurement, financial management, and safeguards will help ensure effective project implementation.  

Proactive government policies and strong institutions help reduce the human and economic costs of COVID-19.  

Risk communications must be able to dynamically respond to the progression of the pandemic.